Fabrico: anteprojeto de ateliê colaborativo, coworking e incubadora para empresas de moda em Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, Pernambuco

Abstract

The textile and confection industry, although it is the second-biggest employing sector in Brazil, it is also one of the most polluting, unsustainable, and whose practice of labor, analog to slavery, is still somehow commonly held. Keep on producing fashion at a low cost, with poor infrastructure, and lack of comfort affects people, transform cities, and result in a burden in the short and long run. This work aims to look at the confection industry, proposing equipment that contributes to an ethical and collaborative fashion in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe - PE, one of the main cities of the Polo de Confecções do Agreste de Pernambuco, the second-largest in Brazil, after only the City of São Paulo. At the agreste complex, especially in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, 80% of the market is informal, the companies have a low innovation level, and the goods are distributed for a low cost, thanks to the precarious working conditions of those who work on the segment. The empirical knowledge about this local reality resulted in the interest of thinking about strategies and alternatives for the development of the fashion industry. The FABRICO represents a new approach to the local creative industry, through a pilot study of coworking, collaborative workshop, and incubator for the fashion companies. The project is the result of the work steps, which consists of comprehension (of the place and its issues), investigation (of materials, constructive solutions, and related projects), and the proposition (of a building that meets the necessities of the place), and contributing to discussions regarding coworking, workspaces, commercial architecture, and especially, the dialogue between fashion and architecture.